[Louis] Brandeis, like [Tomas] Jefferson, is an equal opportunity critic of bigness. And he, like Jefferson, sees American history as this incredible… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
If Mitt Romney defeats President Obama in his bid for reelection on Tuesday, it will mark the success of one of the… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
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Every February, we celebrate the heritage and contributions of African Americans in North Carolina and around the country. North Carolina holds an… — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
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Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called 'progressives' should be thanking him… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
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“Susan Margaret Collins was born on December 7, 1952 in Caribou, Maine and is presently the senior United States Senator from Maine.… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Seawater One Copy Share Image
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“Assessing Miller's rebuttal and the 1895 convention, W.E.B. Du Bois made a sobering observation. Miller had, on some fundamental level, misunderstood the… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Sin in the Second City is a masterful history lesson, a harrowing biography, and - best of all - a superfun read.… — Darin Strauss Copy Share Image
John Lane has long been recognized as one of the South's finest poets and memoirists. This debut establishes him as one of… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
No library of American business achievement is complete without the story of Arthur G. Gaston. . . . Black Titan is a… — Earl G. Graves, Sr Copy Share Image
Criticism will survive even if no one's paying for it. Obviously it's better if people are paying for it. But the fact… — Ignatiy Vishnevetsky Copy Share Image
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I've been writing American history for a long time, and I've had a hard time finding strong, interesting female characters. There are… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Until Eleanor Roosevelt, there was only one or two First Ladies in all of American history who made an impact, who people… — Gail Collins Copy Share Image
Populism is the simple premise that markets need to be restrained by society and by a democratic political system. We are not… — Molly Ivins Copy Share Image
“Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the… — Ronald H. Nash Copy Share Image
The largest outbreak of bird flu in American history was an H5N2 virus, which led to the deaths of 17 million domestic… — Michael Greger Copy Share Image
The fact is that we wouldn't have found out about Manzanar except in our story-telling because it was really never told in… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image
“Woodrow Wilson has just made the decision to take part in World War I. What was he feeling then? Did he know… — Zachary Crosby Copy Share Image
Our American history reflects a long-standing tension between people and power. In fact, all government everywhere does. But our American form of… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
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The book 'A Reliable Wife' is a slice of American history. It takes a part of American history and tells a story… — Patti LuPone Copy Share Image
“I spent the day gathering flowers and weaving them into festoons, while the dead body of my father was lying within a… — Harriet A. Jacobs Copy Share Image
He presented himself as the friend to Main Street America, and yet that aw-shucks persona ended up packaging policies and programs that… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
There can be no argument about the Lone Star State's significant contributions to American history, and we must remember the actions and… — Michael McCaul Copy Share Image
Hollywood versions of watershed moments in American history are generally high-minded shlock. 'JFK,' 'The People vs. Larry Flynt,' even 'Lincoln': all of… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
The hiring of Phil Messina, the production designer, was a big decision. He's so gifted, and his ideas were always so smart… — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
There is one unmistakable lesson in American history; a community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in… — Daniel Patrick Moynihan Copy Share Image
What's four years in our long American history? Remember when I asked that wheelchair-bound politician to "stand up." It turns me off… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“In American History they’ve been studying how the United States was founded on indentured servitude. The teacher, Mr. Reed, said that in… — Christina Baker Kline Copy Share Image
![“[Louis] Brandeis, like [Tomas] Jefferson, is an equal opportunity critic of bigness. And he, like Jefferson, sees American history as this incredible clash between small producers, farmers, and small business people on the one hand, and wicked oligarchs and financiers and monopolists on the other.” quote by Jeffrey Rosen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/jeffrey-rosen-13180_american-history_louis-brandeis-like-tomas-jefferson-is-a_1341726.jpg)
